Archdeacon of Dudley

The archdeaconry of Dudley was created by Order in Council on 11 February 1921 from the Worcester archdeaconry and named after the town of Dudley.{{London Gazette |issue=32224 |date=11 February 1921 |pages=1169–1176 }} It consists of the deaneries of Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Kidderminster, Kingswinford, Stourbridge and Stourport.[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/159 Deaneries in the Diocese of Worcester] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927150807/http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/159 |date=27 September 2011 }}, Diocese of Worcester, UK.

The present Archdeacon of Dudley is the Venerable Nikki Groarke, formerly vicar of St Stephen's Church, Canonbury, Islington, in the Diocese of London; she is the first woman to hold the post and was installed on 5 January 2014.

• 1921–1934 (d.): Sydney James{{Who's Who

| title=JAMES, Ven. Sydney Rhodes

| id = U211883

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2008

| edition = December 2007 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 1934–1951 (ret.): Arthur Shepherd (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=SHEPHERD, Ven. Arthur Pearce

| id = U52950

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2008

| edition = December 2007 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 1951–1968 (ret.): Alfred Hurley (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who

| title=HURLEY, Ven. Alfred Vincent

| id = U165595

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2008

| edition = December 2012 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 1968–1975 (res.): John Williams (afterwards Archdeacon of Worcester){{Who's Who

| title=WILLIAMS, Ven. John Charles

| id = U39997

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2008

| edition = December 2012 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 1976–1984 (res.): Christopher Campling (afterwards Dean of Ripon){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEuM9onrnAQC&pg=PA263 |title=I Was Glad – The Memoirs of Christopher Campling |isbn=9781857566161 |access-date=19 June 2012 |last1=Campling |first1=Christopher R. |year=2007 }} (Google Books){{Who's Who

| title=CAMPLING, Very Rev. Christopher Russell

| id = U10070

| volume = 2013

| edition = December 2012 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 1985–1986 (res.): Robin Bennett{{Who's Who

| title=BENNETT, Robin

| id = U7258

| volume = 2013

| edition = December 2012 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 1987–2001 (ret.): John Gathercole{{Who's Who

| title=GATHERCOLE, Ven. John Robert

| id = U16861

| type = was

| volume = 1920–2008

| edition = December 2011 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 2001–September 2013 (ret.): Fred Trethewey{{Who's Who

| title=TRETHEWEY, Ven. Frederick Martyn

| id = U42082

| volume = 2013

| edition = December 2012 online

| access-date = 23 March 2013

}}

• 2014-present: Nikki Groarke[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i479 Diocese of Worcester – London Vicar to be new Archdeacon of Dudley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229185838/http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/news/news.php?i479 |date=2014-12-29 }} (Accessed 4 October 2013)

• Bishop of Worcester
• Worcester Cathedral

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• [http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/ Worcester Diocesan website]
• [http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/statistics/churchstatistics2002 Church of England Statistics 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203171913/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/statistics/churchstatistics2002 |date=3 February 2007 }}

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